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30th November 2016, 22:01 #1
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WRC Trophy
Good thing that FIA allowes a Trophy for year old cars and older.
Hopefully that can create a good fight, and get good teams to run them.
On the other hand R5s are cheaper to run over a season, and not that much slower.
Will the WRC be a success in 2017?
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30th November 2016, 22:09 #2
As far as Bertelli's and others can get 2017 car, no!
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30th November 2016, 22:52 #3
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Very interested to see how this develops. Would have made a lot of sense to have this back in 2012 when there were loads of private WRC guys - but better late than never.
I do understand what N.O.T is saying in terms of, it's not about how many WRC cars are on an entry list, but it's how quickly they are being driven. But at the same time I like seeing these cars and anything that keeps the Polo, NG i20, DS3 etc on the stages is good for me as a spectator.
Whether the trophy will be competitive, or winning it will really mean anything, remains to be seen. I haven't seen any entry criteria for drivers - only the cars. So what could happen is, for arguments sake, Esapekka Lappi enters in a VW Polo and scares off all the possible competition.RS Motorsport Media - Follow me on Instagram: rsmotorsportmedia
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1st December 2016, 00:02 #4
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With VW pulling out and therefore more drivers than seats at the top than this year it would make sense if there were a manufacturer's version of this championship i.e. somewhere to put Camilli (should M-Sport need space for Ogier), Abbring, Lappi/Suninen (depending on which one isn't sharing a Yaris WRC with Hanninen & whoever Toyota sign out of Latvala & Mikkelsen) and Breen/Lefevbre (depending on which one isn't sharing a C3 WRC with Meeke & Ogier, should Citroen sign the latter). Also might not scare people off if, as Simmi says, someone like Lappi could wipe the floor with the privateer guys.
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1st December 2016, 14:21 #5
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Little of topic. Anybody know if these old 16 cars can have 36 mm turbo restrictor season 2017? Would be interesting to see some drivers driving these 16 cars next season. 16 cars can be quite close in speed compared 17 cars if they allow 36 mm restrictors. atleast first half of the season before 17 get more handling and better setups.
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1st December 2016, 14:31 #6
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1st December 2016, 14:34 #7
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I believe that WRC16 means WRC16, so cars will be 2016 regulations. (not with 2017 restrictors etc.)
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1st December 2016, 15:24 #8
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Is 36 mm make so big difference for reliability? That's another question. Just imagine that we have more powerful cars on the line in 17. That would be great and privateers can have a chance to fight better results in overall standings.
Last edited by Thousandlakes; 1st December 2016 at 15:27.
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1st December 2016, 16:04 #9
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1st December 2016, 18:03 #10
It's not just the engine, there will be bigger stress for gearbox, diffs, axles etc.
A nice analysis from the rally: https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/what-we-learned-from-rally-italy-sardinia-2024/
[WRC] Rally Italia Sardegna 2024